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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a Tour, July 13, 1798" Lines 51-113.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which is the best definition of the word "vain" in the context of line 52?
(a) Changeable, wavering.
(b) Unsuccessful, doomed to failure.
(c) Conceited, proud.
(d) Foolish, worthless.

2. Lines 18 and 19, "Sent up, in silence, from among the trees!/ With some uncertain notice, as might seem," contain which two techniques?
(a) Assonance, sibilance.
(b) Sibilance, litotes.
(c) Litotes, anaphora.
(d) Anaphora, assonance.

3. What are "copses" (line 14)?
(a) The decayed remains of buildings.
(b) Shallow dips in the landscape.
(c) Stands of trees and brush.
(d) Spots of contrasting color.

4. Which sound device is used in line 56, "Have hung upon the beatings of my heart"?
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Cacophony.
(c) Elision.
(d) Sibilance.

5. What is the primary rhetorical function of the alliteration in line 65, "Of present pleasure, but with pleasing thoughts"?
(a) It creates a rhythmic tone that mimics footsteps.
(b) It stresses the speaker's serene state of mind.
(c) It distinguishes between the poet's senses and thoughts.
(d) It connects the present to the future.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is emphasized by the unusual word order in line 78's "What then I was"?

2. What technique is used in lines 100-101: "And the round ocean and the living air,/ And the blue sky, and in the mind of man"?

3. What "still sad music" does the speaker hear when he looks at the landscape (93)?

4. Which technique is employed in line 64, "While here I stand, not only with the sense"?

5. What modern description might we give of the state that the speaker describes toward the end of the second verse paragraph?

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